Kayla Desroches/KMXT You may be familiar with the way security guards in museums eye you if you get too close to a painting or sculpture. There aren’t any security guards for archaeological sites on Kodiak, but artifacts deserve the same reverence. Patrick Saltonstall, Curator of Archaeology at the Alutiiq Museum, says the museum has produced a series of three five-minute …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Election results are in for the Kodiak Island Borough 2015 Municipal Elections. For the two Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seats of three years, Kyle Crow won with 976 votes and Dennis Symmons with 897 votes and, for the assembly seat of one year, Mel Stephens won with 811 votes. Dennis Symmons said he is elated about the results. …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Results are in for the Kodiak Island Borough and Kodiak City 2015 Municipal Elections. For the two Kodiak Island Borough Assembly seats of three years, Kyle Crow won with 976 votes and Dennis Symmons with 897 votes. For the assembly seat of one year, Mel Stephens won with 811 votes. The Kodiak Island Borough has posted the full …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Today is the City of Kodiak and Kodiak Island Borough Municipal Elections. Kyle Crow, Chris Lynch, and Dennis Symmons are each running for one of two three-year seats on the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly, and Mel Stephens, Jonathan Strong, and Sara Alison Sundsten are running for a seat of a one-year term on the assembly. For the Kodiak …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Have you been walking your kids to school or sending them off on bikes in the morning? Starting the day off actively is part of the national Walk and Roll initiative to encourage kids to be healthy. Island Trail Network’s Tom Pogson is the Safe Routes to School Coordinator and says between October 6 and 19, he hopes …

Cover of Studebaker’s new book. Via Sense of Place Press Kayla Desroches/KMXT Songs and stories go together like outhouses and… well… octopuses? Stacy Studebaker says she’s just published a second children’s book called “Octopus in the Outhouse,” based on lyrics she wrote twenty years ago when she was part of a band in Kodiak. “We produced three music CDs with …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT      A public forum tonight will provide an overview on drug issues in Kodiak. Trevor Brown, the executive director of the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, says the drug problems in Kodiak have come to the forefront recently. “Because of all the break ins and things, the high-profile things, the drug needles and things and paraphernalia, I think …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly considered two separate resolutions to support negotiations on conservation easements to Termination Point and Long Island, respectively, which the Great Land trust is managing. The sale of the Leisnoi-owned land would prevent development such as timber harvest from happening in the two areas. Bill Roberts, standing in for the borough manager, explained the …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT At Tuesday’s Kodiak Island Borough municipal election debate, candidates for the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education, Kodiak City Mayor, and the Kodiak City Council ran uncontested. However, some chose to step up and make a statement either themselves or through representatives. KMXT hosted the debate alongside the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and Lindsay Knight, the …

Quilt to be raffled off at show, by Jocelyn Zwiefelhofer. Via kodiakbearpawquilters.org Kayla Desroches/KMXT If there’s one art form that Kodiak would be known for – besides fishing – it’d be quilting. The Kodiak Public Library is full of books on it, there are several stores dedicated to it downtown, and many people can claim it as their craft of …